History:
BTS - Dr. Zero became known as the Draghignazzo, or the Dragon,
which inspired George of Cappadocia, who in turn inspired the
Order of St. George. George served as the first knight of the
Order.

(Critical Mass#5/2 (fb)) - In the Dark Ages,
George of Cappadonia gravely wounded Dr. Zero. Zero went into
suspended animation and was believed to be dead.
Sometime later, George grew tired of the Machiavellian ways of
the Order, and left, leaving them without a paladin.

(Critical Mass#5/2 (fb)) - Centuries later, The
Order established their abbey
on the top of a mesa in Meteora,
Greece. From this position of safety, the Order unleashed the
black plague on humanity, designed to end feudal system that Zero
had given to humans. It was about this time that Zero revived
anew.

(Critical Mass#2/2 (fb)) <1908> - Near
the Tunguska River, Zero battled a Knight of the Order of St.
George. Zero was sorely pressed in the attack, and was forced to
unleash his "vacuum effect" to destroy his foe.
However, the Knight's armor had a failsafe device in preparation
for the effect, which turned its energies back on Zero, nearly
killing him. He was buried under some rubble and might have
actually died, but he was saved by a young Vlad Gerasimov, who
nursed him back to health. Vlad, and later his son, Gregor,
earned Zero's undying gratitude and friendship.

(St. George#8 (fb1)) <2/20/1983> - Jeong
Lee retired as a knight after he found himself questioning his
beliefs and as a result losing a battle with Dr. Zero.

(St.George#8 (fb2) / Dr.Zero#1)
<4/20/1986> - Abbot sought and failed to re-recruit Lee.
Abbot opened the next page of the Register to Kara Janisery, and
he recruited her as the next Knight.
After her training was complete, Jeong Lee confronted Kara
Janisery, challenging her to be 100% certain about her belief in
the Order. In order to prove her certainty, she slew him. Kara
then attacked and was slain by Dr. Zero.
Barnabbas opened the next page of the book to Michael Devlin.

(St. George#1) - Barnabbas recruited Devlin to
the Order. Abbot disagreed with Barnabbas whether Devlin was
worthy and decided to strip him of the armor, but Devlin stole
the armor and left the abbey. However, Abbot and Barnabbas had
expected this and had pushed him into stealing the armor in order
to goad him into action.

(St. George#2) - Barnabbas met with Devlin,
warning him that Shreck would try to stop him.

(St. George#3) - Abbot chided Barnabbas for
having lost track of Devlin, who had vanished.

(St. George#7) - With Devlin still AWOL, Abbot
unpacked the first armor he'd ever built, and debated donning it
himself.

(Critical Mass#1 ) - Adam Neushuk and Ben Welles smuggled themselves
into the Abbey, inside a shipment of food and supplies donated by
the people of the village below the Abbey. Neushuk and Welles
stole Abbot's Register, wounding one of the Order in the process.
Abbot sent Lei-Kung to find them and retrieve the Register.

(Critical Mass#2 ) - Michael
Devlin met with Barnabbas, planning to complete his training.
Barnabbas revealed Kara Janisery's death to Devlin and Patty
Richardson.
Abbot pined over the stolen Register and wondered what he had
unleashed on the world in the form of Devlin.

(Critical Mass#5 ) - Devlin
retired as the Knight, although Barnabbas noted that he did take
the armor with him.

(Critical Mass#6 ) - Ripley
Weaver and the Powerline kids returned to the Abbey, where they
found Abbot clinging to life by a thread. There was dissention in
the Order over what to do with Abbot, since he had broken the
rules of the Order by wearing the armor himself.
Gordon Castle convinced Michael Devlin that he was needed, and he
returned to the Abbey.
Ripley revealed the threat of Professor Henry Clerk, and he
proposed an alliance with Zero against Clerk. This caused an
uproar in the Order, which became moot when Zero himself arrived,
threatening to destroy the Order .

(Critical Mass#6/2 ) -
Various members of the Order opposed Zero directly, granting
Abbot enough time to forge one final set of armor. The armor
completed, Abbot died. Devlin confronted Zero savagely,
escalating the conflict and deliberately goading Zero into
unleashing his "vacuum effect." The failsafe within the
armor incapacitated Zero, and Devlin forced him to listen to
reason. Zero agreed to join with the Order and Powerline to
defeat Clerk.

(Critical Mass#7 // 7/1
// 7/2 - all BTS) - The
combined forces of Zero, Powerline, Devlin, and their allies
foiled Clerk's plans.
Devlin retired from the priesthood and rededicated himself as the
Knight of the Order of St. George.

St. George#9-13 were supposed to be part of
the Shadowline crossover Critical Mass. Instead, due to poor
sales, Epic cancelled the three Shadowline series and instead
published the story as the double-sized, seven issue limited
series Critical Mass.

The Tunguska explosion of 1908 remains a
popular mystery, and is involved with several characters in the
Marvel Universe.

Members of the Shambler's alien race crashed on Earth at that time, killing all aboard.

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/siberia.htm
is a site on the great Siberian explosion--it happened in real life, not
just the Marvel Universe. Historically, we know it really happened,
but not what really caused it.

In Saint George#2, Barnabbas uses a false passport which
states that he is a Belgian named Poirot. This probably refers to Agatha
Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, featured in Murder on the
Orient Express--Per Degaton.

The Priests of the Order of St. George are
Shadows from all over the world, united by the desire to oppose
the manipulation of their dragon, Dr. Zero. They vary in
nationality and religious beliefs. For the most part they believe
that the ends justify the means, and they have done such things
as the unleashing of the black plague in the middle ages in order
to accomplish their goals.
They utilize normal humans as knights, and supply them with armor
which gives them power to oppose Shadows.
Their fate is uncertain following the death of their leader,
Father Abbot. The other priests of the Order are referred to as
"Brother."

The leader of the Order, he is also one of its
eldest members. Abbot is able to create and manipulate machinery
and building materials, and he is the one who builds the armor
used by the Knights. Similarly, it is he who chooses the Knights
and writes the book, the Register, that predicts the
successors.

When Devlin was otherwise indisposed, Abbot
donned the original armor he had built, and attacked Dr. Zero
himself. Dr. Zero overpowered and badly injured him. Abbot died
building Devlin's second set of armor, so he could defend the
abbey from Zero, and then participate in the opposition of Henry
Clerk.

These three showed up when Abbot was injured
after his battle with Zero. While Anarchis and Sacha were mostly
silent, or supportive, Gustav was quite outspoken. He condemned
Abbot for wearing the armor himself, he was outraged with Ripley
Weaver's allies were allowed into a meeting of the Order, and he
saw no reason to get involved with the plot of Henry Clerk, as
that was a human problem. He shut up after Angus choked him a
little. Gustav's got the goatee, but I'm really not sure which is
Anarchis and which is Sacha. I'm also not sure if any or all of
them battled Zero.

He guarded the Register, and was wounded by
Adam Neushuk (his one wing nearly cut off) when he stole the
book. He also noted the arrival of Dr. Zero at the Abbey, but he
was disintegrated as he sounded the alarm.

The Knights are humans who are chosen by the
Order, and wear armor forged by Abbot, which allows them to
manipulate and project energy. They wear a helmet, some sort of
chest harness, and use a staff. If a Knight summons energy and
does not unleash it, he or she will feel a powerful backlash. The
Knight's ability to use the armor is dependent upon his belief in
his cause and his determination. The armor contains a fail safe
that causes a powerful backlash of energy against Dr. Zero if he
uses his "vacuum effect" attack

He was the first Knight of the Order, and it
was he who inspired the Order. He nearly slew Dr. Zero, the
Draghignazzo, forcing him into a lengthy period of suspended
animation. Sometime later, he came to disagree with the Order and
left it behind.

He battled Dr. Zero in Tunguska in 1908, during
which Zero first encountered the failsafe built into the Knights'
armor, which caused a backlash when he unleashed his "vacuum
effect." The Knight was slain, and Zero almost died as well,
but was saved by Vlad Gerasimov.

He was a Buddhist, and was the Knight back in
1983, but he came to doubt his mission and purpose, and so he
retired. In 1986 he refused an invitation to rejoin the Order.
When his successor, Kara Janisery, went to first face Dr. Zero,
he confronted her, challenging her beliefs. She accused him of
being an agent of Zero, and he told her that if he was, that she
should act against him. She did, disintegrating him.

She was a friend of Patty Richardson, and was
the former lover of Adam Neushuk. She was a photojournalist had
who faked evidence to produce a story that shut down a crime lord
and his operations. It was shortly after this, in 1986, that
Barnabbas approached her and convinced her to become the next
Knight. She exposed herself as a Knight to Patty when she donned
the armor and opposed terrorists in Belfast. She was shot during
this firefight, and she retaliated, obliterating the man who had
shot her.
She traveled to Gunyana to oppose Zero. Her predecessor, Jeong
Lee, confronted her and challenged her resolve, and she slew him
to prove herself. She ambushed Dr. Zero and did injure him, but
was ultimately slain by him.